The Cosmopolitan of Corpus Christi showcases apartment features in grand opening tour

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A view of the pool from an apartment in the Cosmopolitan.(Photo: Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times)Buy Photo

Libby Huzinec and her husband were living in Houston when they decided to make a big move.

Huzinec said they always wanted to have a downtown luxury apartment lifestyle, but the opportunity never arose. Her husband, who is an attorney, was looking for jobs in Austin, Dallas, Beaumont and Corpus Christi.

Then she saw The Cosmpolitan was months away from opening in Downtown Corpus Christi. She called it fate.

After moving to the city in February, the Huzinecs faced choosing another living space or waiting for The Cosmopolitan to be finished.

They chose the latter and packed all of their belongings in a portable storage unit and moved into a motel with two Pomeranians.

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Members of the Corpus Christi City council take part in the Cosmopolitan ribbon cutting on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2017.(Photo: Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times)

"We wanted this apartment, we wanted this view of downtown, so it was very much worth the wait," Huzinec said on the day of The Cosmopolitan's Thursday grand opening and ribbon cutting. "We absolutely love it, love the people of Corpus Christi and the traffic (or lack of traffic)."

Though the cold and wet weather moved the grand opening event indoors, there was no shortage of excitement and relief as Corpus Christi dignitaries and developers with Dallas-based Trinity Private Equity Group cut the ceremonial ribbon.

Trinity co-founder Dan Header said "pioneers get arrows and settlers get land."

"Settlers are people who live in downtown and recognize downtown as a place you can live, work and play," Header said. "Corpus Christi, Texas is a place to be."

Mayor Joe McComb said the city council is "delighted" with the long-awaited opening of the apartment building with a 160-unit capacity.

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The Loft layout single bedroom apartment in the Cosmopolitan(Photo: Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times)

"A lot of people in Corpus Christi thought this day would never come," McComb said. "We want people to be successful in downtown and all over Corpus Christi."

McComb reminisced for a moment about being a young boy getting "dragged" around Lichtenstein's, the mid-20th century department store that was where The Cosmopolitan now stands.

"Where there is no vision, people perish," he said of the new development.

There are 22 residents leased at the apartment building, but 13 more should be moving in before the end of the year, said developer Gordy Paez.